Swinging sign.



M. MAYER. SWINGING SIGN. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914,

WIT/M8858 CII i secured. The lower end of the rod the use of the sign, 1s placed in e Seeker, i.

Leendert Application nice September 19, l'll To all fte/tom t may Concern: O

Be it known that l, Monrrz Mlnrriu, e ort zen of the United States, residing 1n tl borough of Manhattan, city, County, and Stute el New Yorlg, have invented. en lin` provenient in Swinging Signs, of which tl tollowing 1S e speeiiention.

My present invention relates to signs, and particularly to swlnging ed'vertienig signs,

and the object thereof is the provision oi" sign adapted to swing und to be returned end normally maintained 1n :i poeition nt right angles to that of the Well or portition on which the sign is placed.

In carrying out my invention, tlie sig," preferably mede of sheet metal or any' d sired eonliguration, is suitably secured te a support which is mounted 1n e verticn position on n Well or similar platee, end provided with yielding menne by wnicli tl kept in inotion eontinnously, eo long ne varying pressure is exerted tl;

een, ne 'will be hereinafter more particularly described.

ln the drmvnig, Figure l is e perepeetii'e View voi the sign embodying my present in e? vention. Fig. 2 is zi plan View oit the emu showing 1n dotted lines various which the eign muy assume in Swingin Referring particularly to the drawing, my

resent invention com rises a si n. indicated D 1 'a et l0, which l have illustrated :is tire in 'and bust of :i man, with n. entree tiene,

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will be understood.l the enano or eel figuration of the sign forms no part ei' tl. invention. Along one edge, the it@ rolled, as indicated et il, so :is to receive rod or Standard 12, to which the which ie suitably secured to e Well tion, indicated et le. The *lippe the rod "i2 rs preferably lpeeeed throng" eye l5, which ie also eeenied in tlie will 5e llie upper end oit' the roll lit of the sign terminates at distant- :fironi the upper e proper, and between the, rolled portion il and the sign surrounding the rod of springs.' @ne these p cated 1G, and one end there as indice-ted at 1'?, und et 1 tlie well 'llhe o ppo this spring 1G is also i tln'ougli f i aperture 19 tne lnrly the spring, indi :ated et E20, indicated 2l., e against the well lll: a if: extended end pneetd tin-ou i9 in the sign. The ei'nrin.I eulietfuitiully equul plied, liereinbei 1 eeure in eppoef of sign, will, u ui end of tile Se n pair ind- Wili be mainte, in the Sign ir posi" to the well or purt" ported. Also, ne will ne the eign is; moved, from he i by en 'intermittent :gre

form is secured, bearings in which the rod i sheet metal form and ,bear upon the oppo- .s mounted adjacent its ends, the said bearl site sides thereof. lo ings being seoued co a support, and springs Signed by me this 13th day of September, surrounding the upper portion of the said 191.3.v

5 rod, one end of each of the said springs bearing agains he said support While the other ends of the said springs are passed from oppoSte sides though an aperture in the Said BIORITZ BAYER. Ntnessesz BERTHA M. ALLEN, MARIE D. WvoHmam. 

